Gordon Campbell Cameron (28 November 1937 – 14 March 1990) was a British

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and academic. He was Professor of Land Economy at the

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from 1980 to 1990, and

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from 1988 to 1990. Cameron read Politics and Economics at

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. He was the editor of ''

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'' (1969–1973), with his academic specialism being the economics of major cities in declining regions. Cameron, who founded the Centre for Urban and Regional Research at

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, served as an economic consultant to the

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(1976–1980) before moving to Cambridge.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Gordon Academics of the University of Cambridge Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 1937 births 1990 deaths 20th-century British economists Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham